Executive Director, Security & Resiliency Initiative (SRI) Communications

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • New York, NY

13h • $163,400 - $265,000

About The Position

The Executive Director will lead external communications for JPMorganChase’s Security & Resiliency Initiative (SRI), a firmwide priority and a $1.5 trillion, 10-year effort to facilitate, finance, and invest in industries critical to national economic security and resiliency. SRI’s focus areas include advanced manufacturing and supply chains, defense and aerospace, energy independence and resilience, frontier and strategic technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing, and pharma and healthtech. The initiative is part of a firmwide strategy that advances security, resiliency, energy, and sustainability in partnership with the Center for Energy and the Environment.

This senior communications leader will shape and execute a strategic approach that elevates the firm’s leadership in strengthening these industries. The role serves as a trusted advisor to initiative leadership and works closely with Corporate Responsibility Communications, Government Relations, line-of-business communicators, and partners across Legal, Compliance, and Risk. Through media engagement, executive positioning, and high-impact content, the Executive Director translates complex capital, investment, and policy work into clear external narratives that build the firm’s profile and protect and enhance its reputation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of progressive experience in external or strategic communications, including media relations and reputation management for complex, high-profile initiatives.
• Experience at the intersection of one or more SRI focus areas: defense or national security, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and supply chains, energy independence and resilience (including grid resilience), frontier and strategic technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, or quantum, and pharma or healthtech. Experience may be from financial services, government or the public sector, an agency, or aligned industry.
• Ability to set and execute communications strategy that translates capital deployment, thought leadership, policy engagement, and public-private partnership activity into clear, credible external narratives.
• Experience managing senior media relationships, securing high-impact coverage, and handling sensitive topics with sound judgment, including reactive, issues, and crisis communications.
• Exceptional writing and editorial judgment, with the ability to distill complex geopolitical, industrial, energy, technology, and investment topics into clear, compelling content.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills in a highly matrixed environment and ability to partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, including Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Government Relations.
• Excellent project management, prioritization, and operational discipline in a fast-paced, high-urgency environment.
• Analytical and strategic problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail, and a strong risk mindset.

Nice To Haves

• Deep subject-matter fluency in one or more SRI focus areas and ability to translate technical and geopolitical complexity into credible external narratives.
• Success operating in a highly matrixed, regulated organization and building alignment and influencing outcomes across senior stakeholders, communications partners, and control functions.
• Command of modern communications tooling and measurement, including advanced PowerPoint storytelling and strategic use of AI/LLM-enabled workflows for research, drafting, and content production while maintaining appropriate controls.
• Self-directed, collaborative, and proactive leadership, sound judgment, a growth mindset, and a record of building trust, improving storytelling and innovation, and delivering under ambiguity and time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of SRI’s external communications strategy, aligning its focus areas with firmwide priorities.
• Advise senior leaders on messaging, positioning, reputation management, and high-value engagement opportunities.
• Manage proactive media outreach and reactive issues management, cultivating relationships with national, financial, trade, defense, and national-security media.
• Develop communications campaigns around investments, transactions, expansions, research, and thought leadership milestones.
• Draft, edit, and oversee press materials, thought leadership, executive remarks and speeches, briefings, op-eds, fact sheets, and talking points.
• Coordinate with Corporate Responsibility Communications on policy priorities and public-private partnership engagement.
• Collaborate with lines of business, Government Relations, Legal, Compliance, and Risk to ensure accurate, timely, and disciplined communications.
• Monitor geopolitical, industry, and regulatory developments to inform messaging, anticipate issues, and identify opportunities.
• Track communications outcomes and tactic effectiveness, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.
• Prepare spokespersons for media interviews, conferences, and speaking engagements, and develop an intentional visibility strategy for executives and subject matter experts.
• Build relationships with communicators across the firm to enable coordination and consistent messaging.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package, including base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location.
• Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity.
• Comprehensive health care coverage.
• On-site health and wellness centers.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Backup childcare.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health support.
• Financial coaching.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director